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law, because the president's healthcare law essentially has made it worse. bill: senator barrasso from earlier. bret baier anchor of special report with us now. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: explain the story. what are we hearing from some of these unions with regard to their healthcare? what are they saying? >> reporter: basically because of the healthcare law that goes into effect next year these unions are getting concerned. the healthcare law has a number of requirements, among them the annual caps for paying out medical benefits are removed h the $250,000 annual cap is removed. the $1 million lifetime benefit cap, the medical benefit payout is removed. you can keep your kid on your plan up until 26, you remember that. there are no exemptions for preexisting conditions. all of that. you remember all of that. but that costs money. all of these plans, it's more costly to run them. well the unions are seeing that, and they are seeing it realtime, to the point where each members' plan in some unions are pointing out it could cost 50-cent
law, because the president's healthcare law essentially has made it worse. bill: senator barrasso from earlier. bret baier anchor of special report with us now. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: explain the story. what are we hearing from some of these unions with regard to their healthcare? what are they saying? >> reporter: basically because of the healthcare law that goes into effect next year these unions are getting concerned. the healthcare law has a number of...
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also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for wha
also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for wha
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should any employer be forced to cover contraceptives in the healthcare plan? let me know on twitter. a day after the president shut down the jobs council, reminder of just how suffocating the unemployment situation still is. the national jobless rate went up after two months of no changes. white house correspondent wendell goler looks inside the numbers tonight. >> reporter: with the tenth of a point increase in unemployment rate to 7.9%, the january jobs report was at least initially disappointing. the revised no. and december figures mean we average 200,000 new jobs a month over the past three months. those are numbers the white house is willing to stand behind. >> we created 2.2 million with the revisions of jobs in 2012. that means that we have been moving in the right direction when it comes to job creation. >> not moving fast enough for republicans like house speaker john boehner who said in a written statement, "more than 12 million americans are still unemployed and it's been that way for far too long." boehner said the president should haven't let the
should any employer be forced to cover contraceptives in the healthcare plan? let me know on twitter. a day after the president shut down the jobs council, reminder of just how suffocating the unemployment situation still is. the national jobless rate went up after two months of no changes. white house correspondent wendell goler looks inside the numbers tonight. >> reporter: with the tenth of a point increase in unemployment rate to 7.9%, the january jobs report was at least initially...
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not one of the owners surveyed said healthcare costs were helping business a lot. here is a look at the other top concerns. as you see, top of the list, those health issues. next taxes on small businesses. again, a majority indicate they are hurting business a great deal. rounding out the top five worries the price of energy, government regulations and the federal debt ceiling. in a separate questionnaire, owners flagged concerns for not hiring. 6 out of 10 said again wore areries about the potential cost of healthcare but three other reasons for not adding workers topped that. the reasons they gave, 81% said they do not need additional help. three quarters blamed revenues and sales. and two thirds point to worries about the overall u.s. economy. that said, there are some bright spots in the survey. overall, u.s. small biz owners optimistic with their environment this month. the small business index jumped to a positive number plus nine after plummeting to negative 11 in the last quarter. that was taken right after the presidential election. still, owner optimism i
not one of the owners surveyed said healthcare costs were helping business a lot. here is a look at the other top concerns. as you see, top of the list, those health issues. next taxes on small businesses. again, a majority indicate they are hurting business a great deal. rounding out the top five worries the price of energy, government regulations and the federal debt ceiling. in a separate questionnaire, owners flagged concerns for not hiring. 6 out of 10 said again wore areries about the...
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is it worse under obama stimulus, healthcare, does that have a big impact? >> i think it has. no question that his aagain da was to in a sense spend us out of recession and that didn't work and a lot of the money ended up being captured in washington august. if you look at the per capita average stimulus money washington, d.c. got nine times what the average american got outside of washington. >> sean: how does, washington, get 15% of all of the federal budget? >> that is the crisis we are in. the crisis is where you have a president or party of big government and the junior party s the party of little big government but you no party of limited government. what we have and you see this with the stimulus and the bailouts of the banks that everything s concentrated in washington now. the rest of the country has not pulled out of the recession. washington has the lowest unemployment and highest per cap income. >> sean: a real estate market that is the most robust in the country. they are doing fine. we are nonpartisan in this. this is both party's problems. what is scary is if yo
is it worse under obama stimulus, healthcare, does that have a big impact? >> i think it has. no question that his aagain da was to in a sense spend us out of recession and that didn't work and a lot of the money ended up being captured in washington august. if you look at the per capita average stimulus money washington, d.c. got nine times what the average american got outside of washington. >> sean: how does, washington, get 15% of all of the federal budget? >> that is the...
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you have to think about the cost associated with the healthcare. everything else that hasn't been factored in. >> bob: remember, they would not be qualified for medicaid or any government assistance until they got in the line and process. put in the back of the line, they are fine. they have to pay back the taxes. the reality, you are not going to do anything with the 11 million. republicans can say all they want about it, the anti-immigration republicans say all they want but a fool's game. they can't stop it. >> greg: the fear here is we want people to come here and love america. we want people to understand freedom. not free stuff. this is a country, not a game show where the point, the moment you walk in you get stuff. my fear is that ethnic politics has changed the country so it's not a melting pot. it's a pie of preferences. it's no longer the u.s.. it's you versus me. you are not an american. you are a black or hispanic. you are gay. you are straight. that's what worries me. we may be sacrificing this idea of patriotism in american unity bef
you have to think about the cost associated with the healthcare. everything else that hasn't been factored in. >> bob: remember, they would not be qualified for medicaid or any government assistance until they got in the line and process. put in the back of the line, they are fine. they have to pay back the taxes. the reality, you are not going to do anything with the 11 million. republicans can say all they want about it, the anti-immigration republicans say all they want but a fool's...
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we were trying to figure out about the healthcare. 'if weir struggling to figure out what that is, that is not a good use of your time. instead of making things simple and effective and efficient and fair, we're getting all these thousands of regulations that are confusing and stagnant and just enrage go people. >> businesses have to have a fleet of lawyers to figure out obamacare. they are afraid of being penalizes. they wanted to keep the employee count down. as a businessman, it's pretty clear what is happening here and it's just bad economic policy. even worse, the spending. we're not talking about it enough. president says it is no problem. we're spending more than we're bringing in. >> greta: if spending is not a problem, they then why raise the debt ceiling? >> the goal now of the whole conservative movement is push congress to put our country on a path to a balanced budget. president calls that radical. over ten-year period, if we don't stop spending we're going to bankrupt our country. >> greta: do you think washington has a
we were trying to figure out about the healthcare. 'if weir struggling to figure out what that is, that is not a good use of your time. instead of making things simple and effective and efficient and fair, we're getting all these thousands of regulations that are confusing and stagnant and just enrage go people. >> businesses have to have a fleet of lawyers to figure out obamacare. they are afraid of being penalizes. they wanted to keep the employee count down. as a businessman, it's...
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if this goes forward it could drive up the cost of president obama's new healthcare law. steven moore is a senior economic writer for the "wall street journal" to explain that. steven, good morning to you. >> hi, bill, good morning. bill: how would this work. >> the big issue with respect to legalizing these 8, 10, 12 million people who are here illegally is will they become eligible for all these government benefits this. is a big concern. i'm as proimmigration as anyone, i think immigration is one of our great sassett as a country. i have a concern offering food stamps, health benefits, welfare benefits to immigrants who come here we. want immigrants who want to come here and work and be productive citizens. we don't want our welfare system to become a nag net. this will be a big issue in that bill that you were just discussing with brit hume. bill: i'm reading from the hill.com. assuming a final deal paves the way for undocumented immigrants to receive papers, assuming, do we know that to be the case? >> well the bill is still being written. we don't know exactly what
if this goes forward it could drive up the cost of president obama's new healthcare law. steven moore is a senior economic writer for the "wall street journal" to explain that. steven, good morning to you. >> hi, bill, good morning. bill: how would this work. >> the big issue with respect to legalizing these 8, 10, 12 million people who are here illegally is will they become eligible for all these government benefits this. is a big concern. i'm as proimmigration as anyone,...
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that is spending discretionary spending, healthcare, that is out of control. >> that is what i don't understand why they didn't want to move forward to get something done on entitlement reform on the non-discretionary side. >> sean: you seem offended. i am tired of republicans getting lied about as if they don't care about sick people or old people or anything else. it's one big propaganda campaign. >> they want you to get riled about it. let's see, there is 10.8% unemployment rate in the city that you gave a speech. can we talk about that? >> sean: i agree with that part. >> i'm tired of being toiled i'm a racist. i'm tired of being told i want to poison the water and air because i am a wicked conservative. i don't have to put up with it. i have to have a good counter argument and i agree that the senator and president obama are distracting from a serious debate about the issues have the country. i refuse to sit quiet and not get upset when i am called all these names. >> i used to get offended by this stuff all the time. if i let myself offended what democrats say about me as a con
that is spending discretionary spending, healthcare, that is out of control. >> that is what i don't understand why they didn't want to move forward to get something done on entitlement reform on the non-discretionary side. >> sean: you seem offended. i am tired of republicans getting lied about as if they don't care about sick people or old people or anything else. it's one big propaganda campaign. >> they want you to get riled about it. let's see, there is 10.8% unemployment...
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most of the gains in healthcare and retail, though manufacturers added -- had a small gain. november and desiree viciouse and desire december december revisions. that is 200,000 private sector jobs each of the past three months. the economy added 180,000 jobs a month the past two years, which is 170,000 jobs a month less than many economists if not most economists would like to see, jon. jon: what is the republican reaction to all this. >> reporter: john boehner questioned the president's decision not to renew the khaert of hi charter of his job's council. they didn't think much of the recommendation other than to fast track the keystone pipeline. john boehner said, quote this is the wrong time for president obama to scrap his job's council and delay his budget. month after month we see the same thing, high unemployment and more debt. 12million americans are still unemployed and it's been that way for far too long. the president's advisers say it's also the wrong time for the threat to let across the board spending cuts take the place of a balanced approach to deficit reduct
most of the gains in healthcare and retail, though manufacturers added -- had a small gain. november and desiree viciouse and desire december december revisions. that is 200,000 private sector jobs each of the past three months. the economy added 180,000 jobs a month the past two years, which is 170,000 jobs a month less than many economists if not most economists would like to see, jon. jon: what is the republican reaction to all this. >> reporter: john boehner questioned the president's...
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insurers will be able to deduct the cost from the user fees they pay the government for obama care's healthcare exchanges. that means taxpayers will foot the bill say critics or else the insurers are apt to pass the cause back to the now exempted religious employers. also not covered by new proposed rules are private sector companies with religious objections. that means lawsuits like the one filed by the hobby lobby which could face fines of over a million dollars a day will likely snake their way towards the supreme court. now, there will be a period of 60 days of public comment with these proposed rules. but they are expected to be finalized by the summer. shep? >> shepard: james rosen a new study reports that more of our veterans are committing suicide than previously thought. according to the department of veterans affairs, 22 american veterans kill themselves every day. which is about higher than the department's previous estimate. the new study also shows that the majority of suicides are not among iraq and afghan war vets but veterans over the age of 50. a day of remembrance, nasa honor
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it is very easy to live here and not speak english, and have a wonderful life and still get healthcare and e and and education. that is a big assumption. >> that is the palt way to citizenship. >> maybe they want to continue living illegally and not paying taxes and enjoying all the benefits. uma: juan, do you think this the end it will be a big showdown with the president and congress over this security issue? >> it could be. but i don't think that either side wants it to slow down this process. i think we are on a fast track, uma. i think that both republicans and democrats see political advantage to getting a deal done and want it done. i think that's why senator rubio has been able to persuade so many people on the right and some -- he's a tea party favorite that this is the time to get it done, and i think from the president's perspective it's key to his legacy to his second term agenda. uma: on the other side of this, from the g.o.p. if they do get a deal done this will hopefully operate door for more hispanics to take a second look at the g.o.p. >> absolutely. what bothers me. w
it is very easy to live here and not speak english, and have a wonderful life and still get healthcare and e and and education. that is a big assumption. >> that is the palt way to citizenship. >> maybe they want to continue living illegally and not paying taxes and enjoying all the benefits. uma: juan, do you think this the end it will be a big showdown with the president and congress over this security issue? >> it could be. but i don't think that either side wants it to...
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we know this equation that they create more healthcare costs for the system. but as you point out, tucker, this could be considered preexisting condition. it's addictive. if you are addicted to cigarettes and you are a smoker and you have some of these health conditions. you have preexisting conditions. if you are overweight from all -- all of these are personal responsibilities. if you are overweight from overeating not a preexisting condition. >> insurance companies ought to be able to decide what they charge people. of course people voluntarily taking big health risks ought to pay more. there is no reason why people who don't watch their weight. only smokers are being single out. why is that? not because they're the most expensive. smokers save the system money because they die earlier. they take less out in social security. this is not one crackpot's opinion. that's a fact. smokers are unpopular, unpopular people wind up being penalized disproportionately. of course. one in five adults. that number shocked me. one in five u.s. adults smokes. >> one last po
we know this equation that they create more healthcare costs for the system. but as you point out, tucker, this could be considered preexisting condition. it's addictive. if you are addicted to cigarettes and you are a smoker and you have some of these health conditions. you have preexisting conditions. if you are overweight from all -- all of these are personal responsibilities. if you are overweight from overeating not a preexisting condition. >> insurance companies ought to be able to...
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they would not be getting federal benefits, they would not be accessing obamacare, they would not get healthcare, they would not get federal government subsidies during that time as they are applying for their citizenship. so, these are things that are all going to be ironed out on capitol hill. the question is, how much opposition will there be, considering that republicans look at the political landscape that has changed? i mean mitt romney lost 71% to 27% of the latino vote in november. that is a big demographic shift towards the democrats and republicans are looking at tha. jon: i also remembered when ronald reagan signed the immigration act of 1986 that was supposed to end the illegal immigration problem once and for all and here we are with 11 or so million illegal aliens back in this country. is there the feeling that this could fix it once and for all? >> reporter: i think there are skeptics on both sides of the aisle. i do think that the focus on security along the border is being first, and that was tried in 2007, you'll remember by president george w. bush and senator mccain, frankly,
they would not be getting federal benefits, they would not be accessing obamacare, they would not get healthcare, they would not get federal government subsidies during that time as they are applying for their citizenship. so, these are things that are all going to be ironed out on capitol hill. the question is, how much opposition will there be, considering that republicans look at the political landscape that has changed? i mean mitt romney lost 71% to 27% of the latino vote in november. that...